Sentence examples for every plank of from inspiring English sources

The ship of Theseus paradox is first recorded in Plutarch's first-century Life of Theseus: if every plank of a boat is replaced during its voyage, is it the same vessel that embarked or a different one when it reaches its destination?

Seven Ove Hansson, citing Ernest Sosa, provides a slightly different picture: "According to a classic formulation, coherentism means that "a body of knowledge is a free-floating raft every plank of which helps directly or indirectly to keep all the others in place, and no plank of which would retain its status with no help from the others".

"According to a classic formulation, coherentism means that "a body of knowledge is a free-floating raft every plank of which helps directly or indirectly to keep all the others in place, and no plank of which would retain its status with no help from the others".

You may not agree with every plank of this.

Every plank must be screwed down on four places; that means on every plank of the frame.

"The American people support every single plank of that bill.

We further recognise, as implied in your speech, that the questions are not about "race" - whatever that means - but about racism, and that our nation's future will not be served by racial amnesia but by a commitment to dismantle every plank, nail and screw of America's well constructed system of racial oppression.

Raising taxes on each and every one of those households without distinction was an oft-repeated plank of his campaign.

My thin bed was just a plank of wood with bed sheets that had to be folded every morning.

Civil society is another central plank of contemporary aid doctrine.

We talk about the key plank of his leadership bid.